The Höst

The Höst IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Image wanted
location	Northwest of Nordhorn , in the Lower Saxony district of Grafschaft Bentheim
surface	4.5 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 038
WDPA ID	81516
Geographical location	52 ° 29 '  N , 7 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 28 '58 "  N , 7 ° 1' 8"  E
Sea level	from 20 m to 26 m
Setup date	05/31/1941
administration	NLWKN

The Höst is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon peasantry Bimolten , City Nordhorn , in the district of Bentheim .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG WE 038 is around 4.5  hectares in size. It is located between Nordhorn and Neuenhaus, east of the Vechte, and protects a near-natural forest that grew on a former heather area . Within the nature reserve there is a pond that was created from an oxbow lake of the Vechte. The nature reserve is almost completely surrounded by agricultural land .

The area has been a nature reserve since May 31, 1941. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the county of Bentheim.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordinance on the nature reserve "Der Höst" , Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Protection .

Web links

• Nature reserve "Der Höst" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)